Baling-press



P. K. DEDERICK.

BALING PRESS.

No. 251,101. Patented Deo. 20,1881.

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UNITED STATES PETER K. DEDERIGK, OF ALBANY, NE\V YORK."

BALlNG-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 251,101, dated December 20, 1881. Application tiled December 16. 1878.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, PETER K. DEDERIGK. ofthe city and county of Albany, State of New York, have invented an Improvement in 132,566 and No.132,639, and the various modilfications of the saine secured to me by patents sinre that date; and-itconsists, tirst, in the combination, with the press-box having the feedopening at the end, of thc traverser hinged or pivoted to the press, so as to have an oscillating motion in and out of the end ofthe pressbox, and having a face area substantially equal to the cross-sectional area of the press-box, so as to' lill the latter when forced into it, whereby separate and successive charges of material are adapted to be forced into the press;box and to be distributed over and pressed against each other, so as to form bales that are separable into layers or sections; secondly,in extending the sides ofthe press-box so as, in connection with the oscillating traverser, to form a hopper into which the charges of loose material are fed.

Figure 1 is a top plan View of my press, with apart ofthe bale-chamber broken away. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same; and Fig. 3 is a sectional view, showing one of the retaining-shoulders.

Similar let-ters representthe same parts. A is the body of the press, which may be constructed in any suitable manner or as shown.

B is the traverser. G C are crank-wheels, one at each side of A the press.

structed adjustable in order to secure more or less friction, and the bales Aare separated by movable partition-followers, which areinserted at the feeding end and pass through with the bales.

In all that class of presses he:etofore constructed the hay is fed at the top or side, and the'traverser has a reciprocating motion, whereas in this case the press is fed at the end, at K, and the man feeding may stand on the ground, and the traverser has` an oscillating the traverser, so that the press may be fed at the end, and also secure the following important advantage: lt is well known thatin feed-4 ing'tine material it always falls to the bottom of the press, and the result is the bale i'sJnore compact at the bottoni than the top, so much so that it is almost impossible to bale tine material unless the receiving box is filled up entire, and then both the power and machine are incapable of doing the Work except in very light bales. Now, in this machine the face of the traverser moves up at an angle to the end of thepress, said'angle decreasing as the traverser progresses, so that the fine material bilges upward, and by thetime the hard pressing comes the material'is equally distributed over the entire end of the forming bale. When the case A and the face of the traverser form a hopper into which the material to be baled can be conveniently pitched prior to being forced into the press past the retaining-shoulders by the forward movementot' the traverser.

The traverser may have a spring-top, as shown, and a folder to fold down the material overlapping, the operation of all of which is fully explained in the patents referred to, and it is unnecessary to repeat it herein. The traverser and bottom of the press mustcont'orm to each other or be convex and concave in order to retain ajoint or close t during the circular or vibratory movement. In pressing very tine hay or other material the feed end ofthe press should be elevated a little in order to prevent portions of the pressed material from falling back.

The retainers H consist of metal plates se- IOO ' cured to the sides and top and bottom at such point that the face of the traverser will force the material past them. Said plates have one side let into the wood and secured to the press, as at O. The other sides pioject into the press, with blocking,T or filling behind them in order to present a beveled or contractingfaoeto the advancing material, which is reduced in size as it is forced by the contracting-plates and expands behind the shoulders after beiugforeed past them. In a working press the plates project inwardly between the point O and their outer sides or shoulders from three-eighths to one-halfinch, thus making the press from three-fourths to one inch less in diameter at the outer sides than at the inner sides.

In operation the belt is applied to the pulley G, which communicates a rotating motion to the balance-wheel and the gearing and revolves the crank-wheels and cranks U, thus drawing the follower forward, so that its face is brought at right angles to the press-frame and justpast the retainers, and then vibrating back with a falling motion until it is in the position shown in Fig. 2,`when the material is fed in until a bale is formed, when a partition-follower may beinserted and the 0peration continued.

The bales are bound through the tying-slots, as re'lieatedly described in thepatents referred to, on which this-isanimprovement. Thechamber may he only of suftcient length for one baie, and operated as described in Patent No. 132,566, if preferred, and the press may be turned on its side, so that the traverser will vibrate laterally, it1 desired, or placed on end;

but this would not be as effective in distribut-Y whereby separate and successive charges of material are adapted to be forced into the press-box to be distribtited over and pressed against each other, so as to form bales that are separable into layers or sections, all substantially as described.

2.' The combination, with the press-box having its sides extended beyond its end opening, oi' the hinged or pivoted traverser having an oscillating; or vibrating movement and adapted to work between the side extensions of the press, and to constitute one side of the hopper formed by itself and the said extended sides, substantially as described.

P. K. DEDERIGK.

Vitnesses:

W. A. SKINKLE, R. J. VAN ScHooNHovEN. 

